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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
September 18, 2008
Pages
274
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780547086026
ISBN-10
0547086024
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A master of the travel narrative weaves three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.
This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
We also meet Indian characters as singular as they are reflective of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and others.
As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose—or find—themselves there.
This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
We also meet Indian characters as singular as they are reflective of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and others.
As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose—or find—themselves there.
Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (September 26, 2007)
9780618943326 | details & prices | 274 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Three intertwining novellas portray Westerners in India, as a middle-aged couple travel on vacation, a lawyer discovers Mumbai's slums, and a woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
About: Three intertwining novellas portray Westerners in India, as a middle-aged couple travel on vacation, a lawyer discovers Mumbai's slums, and a woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Paul Theroux |
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (September 18, 2008)
9780547086026 | details & prices | 274 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A master of the travel narrative weaves three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.
About: A master of the travel narrative weaves three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.
With Paul Theroux |
from McClelland & Stewart Ltd (June 24, 2008)
9780771085345 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $19.99
Miscellaneous
With Paul Theroux |
from Houghton Mifflin (September 18, 2008); titled "Elephanta Suite"
9780547347295 | details & prices | List price $14.95
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